Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment.

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Rim fragment. Translucent purple, greyish blue, layered blue green appearing yellow green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless. Vertical rim with rounded edge; side slanting downward and curving in at bottom. Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths in white, green, and red; a strip in blue with a white spiral thread, and a square in a purple ground with a checkerboard pattern of five white rods; a colorless cane wound spirally with a double yellow thread is attached as a rim. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior, edge of rim, and jagged edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891